地軸

Chinese

		earth	axis
trad. (地軸)		地	軸
simp. (地轴)		地	轴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìzhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìzhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìjhóu
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-chou²
    • Yale: dì-jóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihjour
    • Palladius: дичжоу (dičžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

地軸

1. (astronomy, geology) axis of the Earth's rotation

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	軸
ち Grade: 2	じく Grade: S
kan'on	goon

Etymology

地(ち) (chi, “earth”) + 軸(じく) (jiku, “axis”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiʑikɯ̟]

Noun

地(ち)軸(じく) • (chijiku) 

1. (astronomy) the Earth's axis

References

• “地軸”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026